Former Celtic Charles Smith Convicted
From Staff and Wire Reports
Former Boston Celtic player Charles Smith was convicted Thursday of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crime in the hit-and-run deaths of two Boston University students. He was acquitted of the more serious charge of manslaughter.
Smith, 24, a former star at Georgetown, had been charged in the deaths of Michelle Dartley, 20, of Ridgewood, N.J., and An Trinh, 21, of Placentia. They were struck on a busy thoroughfare near the university last March 22.
The jury convicted Smith of two counts of motor vehicle homicide while operating to endanger, not under the influence of alcohol. He also was found guilty of two counts of leaving the scene of an accident.